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A SELECTED LIBRARY OF BOOKS, AUCTION CATALOGUES A THANGKA OF MILAREPA AND SCENES FROM HIS LIFE
AND MAGAZINES ON BUDDHIST ART Tibet, 18th century
Including: Distemper on cloth; with details picked out in gilt, and gilt captions
J. C. Huntington and D. Bangdel, The Circle of Bliss, Buddhist illustrating the scenes and identifying each figure, verso inscribed,
Meditational Art Columbus, Ohio, and Chicago, 2003. Chinese silk mounts. 61cm (24 in) x 43cm (16 3/4in)
R. Goepper, Alchi, Ladakh’s Hidden Buddhist Sanctuary, Boston,
1996. £2,000 - 3,000
D. Weldon and J. C. Singer, The Sculptural Heritage of Tibet, HK$20,000 - 29,000
Buddhist Art in the Nyingjei Lam Collection, London, 1999. CNY18,000 - 27,000
G. Béguin, Buddhist Art, An Historical and Cultural Journey,
Bangkok, 2009. Provenance
D. P. Jackson, The Nepalese Legacy in Tibetan Painting, New York, Blanche Manso, Art of the Past, New York, mid-1970s, by repute.
2010.
J. C. Singer and P. Denwood, Tibetan Art, Towards a definition of The 11th century Siddha Milarepa is one of the most prominent
style, London, 1997. and influential teachers in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition; from his
P. Pal, Himalayas, An Aesthetic Adventure, Chicago, 2004. students arose many diverse lineages and practices which have
V. Reynolds, From the Sacred Realm, Treasures of Tibetan Art from permeated through all schools of Tibetan Buddhism. Paintings of
the Newark Museum, Munich, London, New York, 1999. Milarepa surrounded by scenes of his life, like the present lot, were a
R. Beer, The Encyclopedia of Tibetan Symbols and Motifs, Chicago popular subject.
and London, 2004.
The Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, Tibet: Treasures form the Roof Here the revered teacher is flanked by his disciples Rechung Dorje
of the World, Santa Ana, California, 2003. Drakpa and Gampopa, sitting at his left and right respectively,
D. Klimburg-Salter, Discovering Tibet: The Tucci Expedition and above the Worldly Protectors of the Kagyu tradition, Tseringma and
Tibetan Paintings, Milano, 2015. the other Five Long-life Sisters, all attired in variously coloured silk
P. Pal, Nepal, where the Gods are Young, Washington, 1975. garments and gold jewellery.
D. P. Jackson, Mirror of the Buddha, Early Portraits from Tibet New
York, 2012. The Five Long-life Sisters were Tibetan mountain spirits belonging
R. Linrothe, Holy Madness, Portraits of Tantric Siddhas, New York, to the ‘sman’ class of worldly deities and living on the Tibet-Nepal
2006. border, who had been subjugated by the Guru Padmasambhava
J. Seyller, The Adventures of Hamza, Painting and storytelling in in the 8th century and became avowed protectors of Buddhism.
Mughal India, Washington, 2002. In the 11th century, they undertook the task of testing the resolve
Arts of Asia, ten volumes ranging from 1981 to 2000. of fledgling Guru Milarepa. Having failed in their purpose, they also
Orientations, four volumes ranging 1990-2003. became students of the great teacher, who bestowed on them
Christies, London, ten various auction catalogues of Indian, Tibetan, a number of practices, including the two special practices of the
Nepalese and Southeast Asian art and Indian, Tibetan and Islamic Hevajra Tantra and the ‘Karma mudra’.
Art, ranging 1973 -1984.
Christie’s, New York, Amsterdam, South Kensington, a number of
auction catalogues of Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Art,
and of Asian Ceramics and Works of Art, ranging 1990 - 2011.
Sotheby’s, London, five various auction catalogues of Tibetan, Sino-
Tibetan, Nepalese and Indian Art, ranging 1973-1982.
Sotheby’s, London, New York and Paris, a number of various auction
catalogues on Tibetan, Nepalese, Himalayan and, Southeast Asian
and Indian Art, ranging 1985-2014.
Orientations, over 75 volumes, ranging 1986-2009.
Spink, London, nine catalogues, ranging 1979-1999 and including
Light of Compassion, Buddhist Art from Nepal and Tibet and Body,
Speech and Mind, Buddhist Art from Tibet, Mongolia, and China.
(qty).
£1,200 - 1,800
HK$12,000 - 18,000
CNY11,000 - 16,000 257 (verso)

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